Gender, the gender gap, and their interaction; analysis of relationships with children's mental health problems.
Children
Externalized disorders
Gender
Gender gap
Internalized disorders
Mental health
Journal
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
ISSN: 1433-9285
Titre abrégé: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8804358
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
25
03
2020
accepted:
01
09
2020
pubmed:
12
9
2020
medline:
16
6
2021
entrez:
11
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The present study seeks to examine gender differences in internalizing and externalizing problems either parent/teacher or self-reported and to investigate the influence of country-level gender gap on children's mental health problems across countries with high and low gender gap across Europe. The School Children's Mental Health in Europe (SCMHE) survey collected data on primary school children living in six European countries, using self-reports (SR) from children (Dominic Interactive), as well as combination of parent- and teacherreports (P/T C) (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) to assess internalizing and externalizing mental health problems. The World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Global Gender Gap report's Gender Gap Index (GGI) was used to categorize countries with high and low gender gap. Boys had greater odds of externalizing problems (OR = 2.6 P/T C, 1.95 SR), and lower odds of internalizing problems (OR = 0.85 P/T C, 0.63 SR). The gender gap's association with mental health problems was different depending on the informant used to identify these problems. A small gap was a risk factor based on reports from adults for externalizing (OR = 1.53) and internalizing problems (OR = 1.42) while it was a protective factor for SR internalizing problems (OR = 0.72). For these problems the gender gap impacted boys and girls differently: a small gender gap was protective for boys but not for girls, including when controlling for key confounding variables. The differential impact of country-level gender gap observed between self-reported and parent- or teacher-reported mental health is complex but nevertheless present trough mechanisms that are worthwhile to study in depth, with a special attention to the informants and the type of problems examined.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32914299
doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01950-5
pii: 10.1007/s00127-020-01950-5
pmc: PMC7943656
mid: NIHMS1662197
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1049-1057Subventions
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AA026861
Pays : United States
Organisme : Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
ID : 2006336
Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
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